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Acer Aspire PII 333Mhz tower freezes after counting memory
I just received an Acer Aspire PII 333Mhz tower computer last weekend
as a trade-in while selling used systems at a flea market. The machine seems to be working perfectly, except sometimes when you first power it on, all of the keyboard lights (caps lock, num lock and scroll lock) just stay lit solid and it hangs. Holding down the power button for 4+ seconds shuts it back off, and it usually boots just fine on the second (or third) attempt. Then, when you tell the OS (I've tried Windows '95, '98 and even XP Pro) to restart the computer, it usually counts the memory, says it checks out good, then freezes up. It doesn't even begin trying to load up the operating system, so this seems like a BIOS issue/conflict. This machine reports its BIOS as version 3.1, and I can't seem to find any newer updates on Acer's ftp or web site. I already pulled out the modem card (only expansion card in the machine), and tried playing with BIOS settings (including setting the serial port to "disabled" and "enabled" as 2F8, IRQ 3 - enabling/disabling ACPI support, etc.) and nothing seems to help. I saw what sounded like this same issue mentioned in a FAQ on Acer's site, but their solution simply said to "make sure hardware monitoring is set to "enabled", and "spread spectrum" is "disabled" in the BIOS". My BIOS has neither of these options, even after I press F8 and look in the advanced settings! Is this simply a defective motherboard, or has anyone else experienced this and found a solution? I know it's a fairly old machine, but I'd still like to get it working properly so I can resell it and get my money back out of it. Thanks in advance, Tom. |
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